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RFID: Is it Secret? Is it Safe?

Approachable Cyber Threats

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access.

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6 Ways to Protect Your Home While on Vacation

Approachable Cyber Threats

As spring break is approaching, it’s important to make sure your home is protected. Whether you are leaving the country or heading somewhere warm like Maui, HI , or San Diego, CA , making sure your home is taken care of while you are gone is imperative. Avoid sharing social media posts that show when you are away from home.

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Five Key Points When Preventing Cybersecurity Attacks in a World of Hybrid Working

Security Boulevard

tag=Endpoint Protection'>Endpoint Protection</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Loss Prevention'>Data Loss Prevention</a> <a href='/blog?tag=File tag=File Transfers'>File Transfers</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Advanced <a href='/blog?tag=Endpoint The nature of hybrid working.

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Hackers claim to have compromised 50,000 home cameras and posted footage online

Security Affairs

A hacker collective claims to have hacked over 50,000 home security cameras and published their footage online, some of them on adult sites. A group of hackers claims to have compromised over 50,000 home security cameras and published their private footage online. ” reported The New Paper.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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AirTag stalking: What is it, and how can I avoid it?

Malwarebytes

Most recently, it’s reported that Ohio has proposed a new bill in relation to electronic tagging devices. She only became aware of what was happening because her phone alerted her to the tag’s presence. Smart stalkers will place tags on items or in places victims won’t suspect.

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Episode 187: Filtergate is DRM for Water

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#187), sponsored by Virsec, we talk with journalist and author Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing.net about the recent GE Filtergate incident and how DRM is invading our homes. Read the whole entry. » That’s a scenario our guest this week has posited.

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Mmm. Pi-hole.

Troy Hunt

No HTML tags. I'm going to keep the intro bits as brief as possible but, in a nutshell, Pi-hole is a little DNS server you run on a Raspberry Pi in your local network then point your router at such that every device in your home resolves DNS through the service. and Catching and dealing with naughty devices on my home network.

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